Line #16 ComicBook/TheArrival

Context ComicBook / TheArrival

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1	[[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Screen_shot_2011-06-16_at_1_06_14_AM_4445.png]]
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3	A wordless graphic novel by Creator/ShaunTan about a nameless immigrant in a strange land. Drawn in beautiful hyper-realism, the book incorporates fantastical landscapes and an invented alphabet to convey the confusions of a new place and unfamiliar language.
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5	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks No relation]] to either the [[Film/TheArrival 1996 film]] with Creator/CharlieSheen in the lead role, or the better-known 2016 film ''Film/{{Arrival}}'', headlined by Creator/AmyAdams.
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7	!!This work contains examples of the following tropes:
8	* AnImmigrantsTale: The story follows an immigrant struggling to learn the ways of his new land, with the twist that the place he's immigrating to (and the one he's immigrating from) isn't at all real.
9	* BookEnds: Near the beginning of the novel, the confused protagonist asks a stranger for directions; at its end, [[spoiler:his daughter gives directions to a newcomer]].
10	* EmpathyPet: A common feature for the citizens of the Immigrants' new city, as many of the people we see are accompanied by whimsical-looking fantasy creatures. The protagonist soon picks up one of his own.
11	* FantasticFruitsAndVegetables: Even the everyday food of the new city is strange; instead of regular foodstuffs that he expected, the nameless protagonist has to learn how to recognize and prepare a variety of bizarre, elaborately contorted fruits and vegetables.
12	* FishOutOfWater: A persistent motif is that the protagonist spends most of the story deeply confused by the strange habits, rules and material culture of the city he has moved to.
13	* FunnyForeigner: The protagonist, at first and from the point of view of others.
14	* NoNameGiven: None of the characters are named.
15	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The odd [[https://thebookwars.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/arrival8.jpg mouse-tadpole thing]] that the Immigrant befriends over the course of the book.
16	%%* SceneryPorn: It's Creator/ShaunTan, what's your next question?%%ZCE, word cruft
17	* ShoutOut: The book contains a number of visual references to famous images and landmarks, such as the Art/StatueOfLiberty, Ellis Island and the [[http://s455.photobucket.com/user/greershane/media/ShanePics/Titanic-news-boy.jpg.html Titanic newsboy]]
18	* ShowDontTell: Heavy reliance on visuals and no written words. Even the texts that appear in this book are completely alien and made up by the artist. The imagery allows us to emphasize with the main character and his journey into a new world that will be his new home for his family.
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Context ComicBook / TheArrival